Overview
- MeTV has secured exclusive broadcast rights to the 1939 classic, according to trade reports and network statements.
- The film will air multiple times in primetime throughout October as part of MeTV’s monthlong Halloween BOO-Nanza event.
- Weigel Broadcasting vice chairman Neal Sabin said the presentation will be shown without edits and hinted at additional surprises.
- This return marks the first linear TV airing since the movie’s final CBS telecast on May 9, 1998.
- The broadcast joins a broader Oz resurgence that includes the Wicked films, a 4D Sphere presentation in Las Vegas, and a 2026 documentary produced with Leonardo DiCaprio.